A sinkhole is a depression that appears on the earth's surface in areas that have karst terrain, or ground in which there is a lot of limestone and similarly soluble rocks that dissolve during rainfall, weakening the soil structure and allowing the surface above to...
While not the most common occurrence in Pennsylvania, sinkholes are a problem that certain areas in the state face. Knowing how sinkholes form, what causes sinkholes in roads and how to detect an oncoming one will help you and your community stay safe. Looking for the signs...
Crushed stone comes in many sizes to help you meet the needs of your projects. Finding the right aggregate rock size ensures projects stay on budget and hold up to stress and time. Different rock sizes work well for different projects. Understanding rock sizes and...
Union Quarries held a Touch-A-Truck event at Bethel Preschool and Daycare in Carlisle on Friday, Oct 14. Touch-A-Truck events are designed to allow kids to get up-close to different types of large vocational equipment (e.g., fire trucks, ambulances, dump trucks, etc.). At this event, each group...
Last December, Union Quarries poured a ready-mix concrete roof for our new office building. This type of pour is fairly rare for this type of building, but the benefits of sound deadening and energy efficiency are well worth it. Thanks to our UQ team for the...
Union Quarries has been a part of the York Building Products' family for only a few weeks, but we’ve wasted no time getting our teams together to help a local charity. Union Quarries was a lane sponsor at the United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County...
Combined companies will ensure continued product diversity in Central PA marketplace. We are pleased to announce the recent acquisition of Union Quarries, a Carlisle, PA-based manufacturer of crushed stone, asphalt and ready-mix concrete products. “This exciting acquisition will allow both operations to provide a greater level of...
A stamped concrete installation can go anywhere you want on a walkway or a solid surface outside. Stamped concrete, sometimes also called textured concrete, is just poured concrete that has had texture added to it before it sets, sometimes with the addition of color and...
Road work signs are a common sight on your drive around town. Workers are upgrading highways, neighborhood streets and other roadways to keep people safe. Accomplishing road work and providing improvements on highways are essential jobs, and worker safety is the number one priority. Road construction...
Aggregate is a crucial component of concrete. It consists of a broad range of materials like gravel, sand, slag, crushed stone and even recycled concrete. The material used for the aggregate comes in small pieces of various sizes, depending on the project at hand. Most...